addition to historical analyses, three different types of reading of the ideas of al-farabi have been offered: first, the connection between his ideas and the greek thought; second, the connection between his ideas and theology, and the relationship that can be established between philosophy and religiousness; and third, the explication of al-farabi’s ideas on the basis of the crisis (-es) he f...

the historians of philosophy do not take serious consideration into the period of middle ages or equval it to christian philosophy and there is no room for jewish or islamic philosophies in their view. on the other hand, wolfson, as an amarican historian, has a different opinon about this period of philosophy he presents a different criterion for dividing the history of philosophy.on account of...

in this research, the relation between political philosophy and power in political thought of leo strauss and michel foucault has been discussed. to nietzsche and his different definition of power, this concept had close relationship with centralization and political rulership, so that political philosophy as a seeking to reach the truth, its relation to power was defined as a reply to justify ...

this paper will examine how muslim intellectuals, as a result of their attachment to the doctrine of divine unity (taw¤hīd), the quran, sunnah of the prophet muhammad, and the doctrines and methods of sufism, were largely responsible for the restating of the perennial philosophy in the west in the twentieth century. the article consists of four sections: an introduction to the term 'philos...